If the early waves are no longer being produced where would that leave Australia who only recently started getting the figures in store?
ORIGINS Wishlist: Bow & Kowl, Shadow Weaver, Catra, Swift Wind, Cringer, Kobra Khan, Slime Pit He-Man, Talon Fighter & Point Dread, and Snake Mountain.
There is no such stash. Any back-log related to the earliest waves would be cleared by now. The delays are weeks - not months now and certainly not a year behind.
I am a buyer for a large retailer and product is flowing, ships are sailing. The dwell times at ports is longer than normal, but things are still moving. Nothing is lost or stuck permanently anywhere - there is no such situation, simply extended delays.
There are new issues at factories related to rolling power outages, raw materials and lack of containers; but not related to anything produced in 2020.
Jay
A lot of wave Origins wave 1-4 were showing up on amazon within the last 6 weeks for MSRP. I started collecting Origins about 3 months ago and I couldnt find wave 1-2 anywhere online for MSRP and I stalked amazon for a while. I ended up paying twice the MSRP or more to get the earlier waves due to FOMO. Then suddenly Amazon started carrying figures from wave 1-3 for MSRP. Mattel recently was producing more of the earlier waves so there could be more inventory for international purposes....
Nicked these from a TFW2005.com user who nicked them from https://www.instagram.com/p/CVnaN6AM...dium=copy_link
Flying Fists He-Man
Terror Claws Skeletor
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Mattel recently was producing more of the earlier waves so there could be more inventory for international purposes....
Exactly. New inventory made that is arriving. Not stashed inventory from the original release time-frame. Newly produced stock. Totally different scenario to what was suggested (that there were warehouses somewhere filled with the original stock of waves 1 .. 2.. etc.).
Jay
Amazing
I like how vac metal shines on those figures, they really came close to the vintage![]()
"The Most Powerful Man in the Universe..."
"Where Hope seems Lost..."
"Good Journey!"
"I was summoned on the future..."
"A Hero shall emerge to protect Eternia..."
"A Hero will Rise..."
"The Power of Grayskull Awakens......"
"Let the Power Returns....!"
Flying Fist He-Man and Terror Claws Skeletor look amazing.![]()
I really hope so. Even if it’s only a few. NA figures being different proportions to the OG figures has bugged me for the last thirty years 😂
I’ll take an origins NA He-Man and Skeletor. In fact, even if they were the only two they ever did, a two-pack might be a good way to go.
Mattel also have the trademark for Bravestarr so hopefully he will be in Origins and Masterverse.
Last edited by Mark M; October 31, 2021 at 04:45pm.